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A preliminary investigation of the effects of experimentally induced mindfulness on emotional responding to film clips

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Erisman, Shannon M., Roemer, Lizabeth·2010·Emotion

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Despite encouraging preliminary findings regarding the efficacy of mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments for a range of psychological presentations, we have yet to elucidate mechanisms of action within these treatments. One mechanism through which mindfulness may reduce psychological symptoms and promote functioning is enhancing emotional responding and regulation. In this study, we used multimodal assessment to examine the effects of a brief mindfulness intervention in a laboratory setting on emotional experiences and regulation in response to distressing, positive, and affectively mixed film clips. Although there were no condition (mindfulness vs. control) effects on reports of emotional response or difficulties in regulation after the distressing film clip, participants in the mindfulness condition reported significantly greater positive affect in response to the positive film. Additionally, participants in the mindfulness condition reported more adaptive regulation (approaching significance, medium to large effect size) in response to the affectively mixed clip and significantly less negative affect immediately after this clip, although not after a recovery period. No significant differences emerged between conditions on physiological measures (skin conductance and heart rate) throughout the study.

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  • Experimental studies suggest that mindfulness training lasting less than 10 minutes increases willingness to attend to aversive stimuli and paradoxically reduces distress in the face of such stimuli.

    “Indeed, experimental studies suggest that training in mindfulness lasting less than 10 minutes leads to a greater willingness to attend to violent film clips (Erisman & Roemer, 2010), gruesome photos (Arch & Craske, 2006), burn pain (Haythornthwaite et al., 2001), chronic pain (Ussher et al., 2014), and electrical shocks (Gutiérrez et al., 2004), which paradoxically resulted in reduced distress in”

    From Who Benefits Most from a Brief Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Anxiety During Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: the Moderating Effect of Trait Mindfulness, Spiritual Well-being, and Distress Tolerance (2021) · cites this paper as Erisman & Roemer, 2010

    The Method (Procedure; page unavailable) specifies a 10-minute mindfulness intervention, not one lasting less than 10 minutes. The Results (Effects of mindfulness intervention; page unavailable) report no significant reduction in negative affect during or after the distressing, violence-related film clip, and do not report measuring willingness to attend to it. Although negative affect was lower after a different, affectively mixed clip, that does not establish the cited claim about violent clips. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Erisman and Roemer found that a brief mindfulness intervention, compared with a control, reduced emotion regulation difficulties in response to an affectively mixed film clip.

    “a brief mindfulness intervention, relative to a control condition, resulted in reduced emotion regulation difficulties and negative affect in response to an affectively-mixed film clip.”

    From Effects of mindfulness on psychological health: A review of empirical studies (2011) · cites this paper as Erisman and Roemer (2010)

    The Results section reports that difficulties regulating emotion after the affectively mixed clip were lower in the mindfulness condition only at a near-significant level (p = .07), so the claim overstates that finding as a demonstrated reduction. It does report significantly less negative affect immediately after the clip compared with control. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • As little as one hour of mindfulness meditation training can produce valuable but transient decreases in anxiety and pain.

    “A growing number of studies suggest that as little as one hour of training in mindfulness meditation yields valuable, though transient, decreases in anxiety and pain (Arch & Craske, 2006; Erisman & Roemer, 2010; Gutiérrez et al., 2004; Haythornthwaite et al., 2001; Ussher et al., 2014; Zeidan et al., 2010).”

    From Who Benefits Most from a Brief Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Anxiety During Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: the Moderating Effect of Trait Mindfulness, Spiritual Well-being, and Distress Tolerance (2021) · cites this paper as Erisman & Roemer, 2010

    The Method (Procedure; page unavailable) describes a 10-minute mindfulness intervention. The Results (page unavailable) report less negative affect immediately after an affectively mixed film clip, but no significant difference after recovery. This supports a brief, short-lived effect on negative affect, not the claimed decreases in anxiety and pain, which the study did not measure. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • In non-clinical populations, mindfulness practice helps increase positive affect.

    “as well as increase positive affect [6, 7] in non-clinical populations.”

    From Meditation experts try Virtual Reality Mindfulness: A pilot study evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of Virtual Reality to facilitate mindfulness practice in people attending a Mindfulness conference (2017) · cites this paper as [6]

    The Results report higher positive affect after a post-intervention amusing film clip in the mindfulness group than in controls, and the Discussion describes the participants as an analogue rather than clinically diagnosed sample (page numbers unavailable). The paper frames this as preliminary evidence that brief mindfulness training may enhance positive affect in the laboratory; the claim states a broader benefit of mindfulness practice in non-clinical populations without that qualification. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • Erisman and Roemer found that a brief mindfulness intervention, compared with a control, reduced negative affect in response to an affectively mixed film clip.

    “a brief mindfulness intervention, relative to a control condition, resulted in reduced emotion regulation difficulties and negative affect in response to an affectively-mixed film clip.”

    From Effects of mindfulness on psychological health: A review of empirical studies (2011) · cites this paper as Erisman and Roemer (2010)

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Authors
Erisman, S. M., & Roemer, L.
Affiliations
University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
Venue
Emotion
Published
2010-02
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
72-82
ISSN
  • 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
  • 1931-1516
OpenAlex
W2071090386
Cited by
411
References
36
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FWCI
28.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Emotion (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Massachusetts Boston
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH074589)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
mindfulness, emotion regulation, emotional responses, film clips, positive affect, negative affect, mechanism of action, skin conductance, heart rate, brief mindfulness intervention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Awareness, Emotions, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motion Pictures, Psychological Tests, Stress, Psychological, Meditation, Young Adult

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